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KING COUNTY v. VINCI CONST. GRANDS PROJECTS

No. 92744-8.

398 P.3d 1093 (2017)

KING COUNTY, Respondent, v. VINCI CONSTRUCTION GRANDS PROJETS/PARSONS RCI/FRONTIER-KEMPER, JV, a Washington joint venture, Defendant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a Massachusetts corporation; Federal Insurance Company, an Indiana corporation; Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, a Maryland corporation; Zurich American Insurance Company, a New York corporation; and Travelers Casualty Surety Company of America, a Connecticut corporation, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: July 6, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Wright Smith , Howard Mark Goodfriend , Smith Goodfriend PS, 1619 8th Ave. N., Seattle, WA, 98109-3007, Thomas R. Krider , Peter Noel Ralston , Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP, 701 Pike St., Ste. 1700, Seattle, WA, 98101-3930, Mitchell C. Tilner , Frederic D. Cohen , Horvitz & Levy LLP, 15760 Ventura Blvd., 18th Floor, Encino, CA, 91436, for Petitioners.

Karl Francis Oles , David R. Goodnight , Hunter Olds Ferguson , Stoel Rives LLP, 600 University St., Ste. 3600, Seattle, WA, 98101-4109, Mary Devuono Englund , Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, 500 4th Ave., Ste. 900, Seattle, WA, 98104-2316, Leonard J. Feldman , Peterson Wampold Rosato Feldman Luna, 1501 4th Ave., Ste. 2800, Seattle, WA, 98101-3677, for Respondent.

R. Daniel Lindahl , Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, 888 S.W., 5th Ave., Ste. 300, Portland, OR, 97204-2017, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Surety & Fidelity Association of America.

John P. Ahlers , Ahlers & Cressman PLLC, 999 3rd Ave., Ste. 3800, Seattle, WA, 98104-4023, Michael Porter Grace , Groff Murphy PLLC, 300 E. Pine St., Seattle, WA, 98122-2029, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Construction Industry Trade Associations.

Daniel G. Lloyd , Sara E. Baynard-Cooke , City of Vancouver, P.O. Box 1995, 415 W. 6th St., Vancouver, WA, 98668-1995, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.

Daniel G. Lloyd , Sara E. Baynard-Cooke , City of Vancouver, P.O. Box 1995, 415 W. 6th St., Vancouver, WA, 98668-1995, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Association of Washington Cities.

Josh Weiss , WA State Ass'n of Counties, 206 10th Ave. S.E., Olympia, WA, 98501-1311, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Counties.

Michael Porter Grace , Groff Murphy PLLC, 300 E. Pine St., Seattle, WA, 98122-2029, Eileen I. McKillop , Sedgwick LLP, 600 University St., Ste. 2915, Seattle, WA, 98101-4172, John P. Ahlers , Lindsay K. Taft , Ahlers & Cressman PLLC, 999 3rd Ave., Ste. 3800, Seattle, WA, 98104-4023, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Associated General Contractors of Washington.

Daniel Edward Huntington , Richter-Wimberley PS, 422 W. Riverside Ave., Ste. 1300, Spokane, WA, 99201-0305, Valerie Davis Mcomie , Attorney at Law, 4549 N.W. Aspen St., Camas, WA, 98607-8302, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.

¶ 1 This case requires us to examine an award of attorney fees against five surety companies following a three-month jury trial for breach of contract in a public works project. The parties litigated the issue of whether three construction firms had defaulted on a contract, thus triggering coverage under a performance bond issued by...

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